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There’s no such thing as good racism. However, it’s a false equivalence to say that calling people out for statements such as “only white men are competent”, or executive orders that prioritise migrants based on race (and not only that but from Elon’a home country). An example of alternative views is Bigun’s perspective on voting independent. I tend to agree with his perspective, against the vast majority of other posters here. Thankfully we seem to have lost the trolls. Admittedly I often struggle to see what you’re trying to say and am also not going to sit and watch YouTube videos to get “facts”.

I agree and it was meant as a joke. I’ve got a huge amount of respect for Bigun and how he manages to stay civil and maintain his values against a tidal wave of opposition and a often people misconstruing what he’s saying.

One can but hope. The “go fast and break things” works better when it’s new development, and not stuff that millions depend on. Wendy P.

Speaking of pacifism, I forgot to tell you I discovered the firing pin mechanism on my BRNO grenade launcher actually works. It turns out that when you break it open to load you need to hang it just so and the pin falls into firing position. The things you don't learn in school, right?

Absolutely. That said they likely would have looked elsewhere for inspiration had they known George Washington wore yoga pants. Talk about woke!

That is the word. USAID, the Peace Corps, and privately funded NGO's (the ones not secreting bibles under the floor boards) and similar organizations are how to win hearts and minds. Of course, the small scale brutal slaying of local assholes who disagree with the approach is always desirable just to keep the peace.

While I understand the intentions of the western influence, there are places on the planet that will never accept another religion or a government to replace their preferred flavor. I think most religious followers/believers are rather obsessed with their choice. Maybe the US needs to try other methods of reaching better, more cooperative results of nation building than simply trying to replace them. The US is by no means THE single success and shining beacon of greatness some want to believe it is. Yes, we want better international relations (with most nations), no we do not need to "convert" a nation for them to not want to kill us. The previous efforts seem to have created the opposite results. We could start by teaching actual history again. Including the bits you don't like. *** The situation with Iran had a LOT to do with my decision to join. Weird that I even wrote a paper on it in high school. One of the best grades I received on reports. (I tended not to complete homework or book reports - not on my time!)

It's any religion (well, except Buddhism), Remember Iran in 1979. Western influence.

Virtually every right wing poster I’ve met is nice in person. Including the one in SC. Às is the case for the left wing ones. The web brings out the worst in most. Wendy P.

Is that it... seems overly simplistic. Mine is about 200 items, far more complex and detailed.. You always claim I am lying when you don't actually have that knowledge.. kind of weird.. I do agree that it gets tough as some things are unknown for suspects and that makes it less valid skewing some suspects.... Let me do Hahneman... Smoker? Y 1 Drinker? Y 1 (wife said he drinks only 1 highball to loosen up) Aviation Background? Y 1 727 knowledge? U 0 not directly that I know he did fly a-lot and expressed extensive knowledge for his hijacking. Parachute training? Y 1 Olive/Dark complexion? Y 1 Neutral Accent? Y 1 Age 40-50? Y 1 Pilot? U 0 he was on an air crew and claimed to be a pilot he did give very detailed flying instructions for his hijacking. Opportunity? Y 1 Familiar with PNW? Y 1 Would know McChord? Y 1 Any reason for odd chemicals to be on your clothing? Y 1 Demolition training? Y 1 Height 5'10 to 6'? this is your bias, The FBI used 5'8" and explicitly said not to eliminate based on height to 5'8" Y 1 We have 13 out of a potential 15,, good enough to get him into law school

This is LITERALLY what mine is. Just a series of things that I think make sense. You can get plus or minus points or just a neutral. For example, I don't know if Cooper was actually a pilot or not, so I wouldn't dock a point for not being a pilot, but it doesn't hurt to be a pilot, so I'll give you a point for pilot training. Smoker? Drinker? Aviation Background? 727 knowledge? Parachute training? Olive/Dark complexion? Neutral Accent? Age 40-50? Pilot? Opportunity? Familiar with PNW? Would know McChord? Any reason for odd chemicals to be on your clothing? Demolition training? Height 5'10 to 6'? That's literally it. About as basic as it gets. Claiming to have a 200 item matrix is preposterous on a topic where none of us really know shit. How could there even be 200 things on a matrix for this topic?? He's lying and will continue to hide behind the lie to try and provide the illusion of superiority. Anyways, when I plug the named suspects into those, the top 5 are Hall, Braden, Leigh Seller, Langseth, and Rackstraw (gross). Braden only lost to Hall because he lost a point for falling out of the FBI's official height range (spare me your bottom range stuff, Fly, no need to repeat it), he had neutral points for complexion, and neutral points for not having a realistic explanation for chemicals on his clothing. So it's hardly some sort of bias for Hall when he happens to check every box. It just is what it is. And Dave, please note that only ONE of us between Flyjack and myself is actually willing to open himself up for criticism when it comes to this sort of stuff. Flyjack is being intellectually cowardly by goading someone into showing THEIR matrix while at the same time hiding behind excuses for not revealing HIS matrix. So I'll post my matrix and open myself up to HIS criticism, because I'm a grownup, but he won't dare do it because he's actually afraid of criticism. And again, who tries to win arguments by saying "well, you don't know what I know!" That's what a fifth grader would say to try and win an argument.